quitar hierro
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Etymology
Literally, “to take off iron”.
Verb
quitar hierro (first-person singular present quito hierro, first-person singular preterite quité hierro, past participle quitado hierro)
- (idiomatic) to play down
- 2020, Iria Marañón, Educar a un niño en el feminismo:
- El humor normaliza, aligera y, ante los ojos de muchas personas, quita hierro a problemas importantes.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “quitar hierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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